Osage vs White Earth

A side-by-side comparison of Osage and White Earth: population, income, housing, and more.

Osage and White Earth are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

White Earth has the higher population (543 vs 226 in Osage). Osage has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $18,929 in White Earth). Osage has the higher median home value ($307,400 vs $73,300 in White Earth).

Population, income & housing

	Osage	White Earth
Population	226	543
Median age	56.2 yrs	26.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$18,929
Median home value	$307,400	$73,300
Median gross rent	$745	$291
Housing units	162	231
Homeownership rate	83.6%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	0.7%
Unemployment rate	16.9%	20.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Osage	White Earth
Population	317 → 226 (-28.7%)	567 → 543 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$49,875 → $47,500 (-4.8%)	$20,250 → $18,929 (-6.5%)
Median home value	$160,900 → $307,400 (+91.1%)	$62,500 → $73,300 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $745 (-18.5%)	$289 → $291 (+0.7%)

Osage

Population

317226

Median household income

$49,875$47,500

Median home value

$160,900$307,400

Median gross rent

$914$745

White Earth

Population

567543

Median household income

$20,250$18,929

Median home value

$62,500$73,300

Median gross rent

$289$291

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Osage	White Earth
Under 5	3.5%	12.9%
5 to 17	4.9%	25.2%
18 to 24	10.6%	11.2%
25 to 34	2.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	4.6%
55 to 64	23.5%	8.3%
65 to 74	16.8%	10.7%
75 and over	11.5%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Osage	White Earth
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	2.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	75.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Osage	White Earth
No high school diploma	7.1%	20.4%
High school graduate	38.3%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Osage	White Earth
Drove alone	100.0%	63.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.8%
Public transit	0.0%	4.6%
Walked	0.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Osage	White Earth
1-unit, detached	75.3%	37.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	21.2%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Osage	White Earth
Poverty rate	19.9%	63.5%
Average household size	2.05	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1980	1980